Lakota Ridge Junior School

Summary:

Lakota Ridge Junior School is a public middle school serving grades 7-8 in West Chester, Ohio, with a student population of 679 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school is part of the Lakota Local School District, which is ranked 181 out of 839 school districts in Ohio and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lakota Ridge Junior School has consistently performed well on state assessments, with a higher percentage of students proficient or better in core subjects like Science, Mathematics, and English Language Arts compared to the state average. The school stands out in its Algebra I performance, with 98.6% of students proficient or better in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly higher than the Lakota Local district (69.3%) and the state average (55.9%). While the school has seen a decrease in chronic absenteeism over the years, from 30.2% in the 2020-2021 school year to 16.1% in the 2023-2024 school year, this is still higher than the state average.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Hopewell Junior School, Liberty Junior School, and Mason Middle School, Lakota Ridge Junior School generally performs well academically, with higher proficiency rates in core subjects. However, some of these nearby schools outperform Lakota Ridge Junior School in certain areas, such as Mathematics and English Language Arts.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 6199 Beckett Ridge Blvd
       West Chester, OH  45069-6413


(513) 777-0552

District: Lakota Local

SchoolDigger Rank:
361st of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,207 Help


Students who attend Lakota Ridge Junior School usually attend:

High:    Lakota West High School

Feeder schools for Lakota Ridge Junior School:

Elementary:    Adena Elementary School
    Freedom Elementary School
    Shawnee Early Childhood School

Student/teacher ratio:  26.3 Help
Number of students:  685

Racial breakdown:

White:
47.3%
African American:
21.3%
Hispanic:
16.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  44.2% Help


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Compare Details Lakota Ridge Junior School ranks better than 65.5% of middle schools in Ohio. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Lakota Local School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 68.1. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Lakota Ridge Junior School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (47.3%), African American (21.3%), Hispanic (16.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 44.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Lakota Local School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lakota Ridge Junior School is 26.3, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Lakota Local School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lakota Ridge Junior School is $11,207. 2 middle schools in the Lakota Local School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lakota Ridge Junior School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lakota Ridge Junior School 361st of 1046 Ohio public middle schools. (See Lakota Ridge Junior School in the ranking list.)

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Lakota Local:

SchoolDigger ranks Lakota Local 181st of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lakota Ridge Junior School

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Rank History for all students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 86.61 44th 692 93.6%
2006 82.43 66th 732 91.0%
2007 85.20 45th 837 94.6%
2008 79.55 126th 835 84.9%
2009 76.74 184th 858 78.6%
2010 82.31 99th 895 88.9%
2011 80.30 126th 925 86.4%
2012 77.35 189th 989 80.9%
2013 80.31 122nd 1001 87.8%
2014 76.21 208th 1008 79.4%
2015 78.06 202nd 1035 80.5%
2016 83.95 133rd 1050 87.3%
2017 79.68 178th 1038 82.9%
2018 74.76 236th 1010 76.6%
2019 76.36 242nd 1050 77.0%
2021 72.30 293rd 1037 71.7%
2022 71.50 297th 1017 70.8%
2023 67.92 355th 1048 66.1%
2024 68.10 361st 1046 65.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.97 62nd 205 69.8%
2019 87.84 14th 206 93.2%
2021 69.04 60th 219 72.6%
2022 60.92 85th 239 64.4%
2023 52.43 118th 245 51.8%
2024 69.29 76th 254 70.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.26 52nd 107 51.4%
2019 56.76 49th 127 61.4%
2021 26.27 95th 134 29.1%
2022 51.19 47th 110 57.3%
2023 57.47 39th 113 65.5%
2024 53.03 42nd 123 65.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 43.53 283rd 590 52.0%
2024 23.63 481st 563 14.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.45 494th 924 46.5%
2019 62.66 365th 945 61.4%
2021 69.67 235th 923 74.5%
2022 50.60 471st 947 50.3%
2023 45.60 551st 974 43.4%
2024 42.98 601st 989 39.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.38 236th 897 73.7%
2019 78.69 187th 917 79.6%
2021 69.86 280th 910 69.2%
2022 65.05 339th 925 63.4%
2023 58.16 427th 943 54.7%
2024 61.16 397th 942 57.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.72 420th 643 34.7%
2019 36.35 441st 658 33.0%
2021 42.65 282nd 576 51.0%
2022 42.23 298th 565 47.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.40 344th 521 34.0%
2022 55.58 132nd 241 45.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.45 241st 916 73.7%
2019 72.23 265th 933 71.6%
2021 69.42 277th 924 70.0%
2022 71.99 249th 946 73.7%
2023 72.31 257th 963 73.3%
2024 69.56 292nd 958 69.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 69.33 23rd 66 65.2%
2021 41.78 48th 69 30.4%
2022 43.68 46th 67 31.3%
2023 65.81 32nd 67 52.2%
2024 68.68 29th 76 61.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.56 131st 384 65.9%
2019 80.08 60th 405 85.2%
2021 78.61 48th 385 87.5%
2022 70.20 83rd 413 79.9%
2023 68.51 95th 436 78.2%
2024 54.98 152nd 429 64.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.97 55th 192 71.4%
2019 60.51 80th 222 64.0%
2021 53.40 99th 228 56.6%
2022 48.51 124th 247 49.8%
2023 50.67 115th 249 53.8%
2024 44.25 131st 239 45.2%
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Rank History for White students at Lakota Ridge Junior School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.94 95th 781 87.8%
2019 81.68 113th 796 85.8%
2021 76.41 164th 781 79.0%
2022 80.65 130th 809 83.9%
2023 74.66 186th 805 76.9%
2024 81.74 125th 795 84.3%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Lakota Ridge Junior School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1998 663 23 41 5 2 n/a n/a 0 734
1999 751 24 39 9 2 n/a n/a 0 825
2000 744 34 24 8 0 n/a n/a 0 810
2001 720 39 28 7 3 n/a n/a 0 797
2002 767 55 29 14 1 n/a n/a 11 877
2003 767 55 29 14 1 n/a n/a 11 877
2004 575 61 40 17 1 n/a n/a 8 702
2005 559 56 27 10 1 n/a n/a 17 670
2006 539 57 27 7 1 n/a n/a 11 642
2007 540 68 29 8 1 n/a n/a 17 663
2008 515 82 27 15 1 n/a n/a 21 661
2009 505 85 31 26 1 n/a n/a 29 677
2010 474 70 36 21 0 n/a n/a 31 632
2011 432 82 34 21 0 2 28 0 599
2012 426 95 37 21 1 3 30 0 613
2013 392 95 39 27 2 3 23 0 581
2014 399 67 27 30 2 1 26 0 552
2015 419 67 22 43 1 3 35 0 590
2016 390 71 27 50 1 3 32 0 574
2017 368 93 24 59 1 1 30 0 576
2018 367 99 22 49 1 1 36 0 575
2019 355 117 33 53 2 0 39 0 599
2020 377 117 35 74 1 0 44 0 648
2021 374 118 37 74 0 2 44 0 649
2022 376 119 40 87 0 1 41 0 664
2023 365 131 34 107 0 1 41 0 679
2024 324 146 49 111 0 3 52 0 685

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lakota Ridge Junior School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 734 42.3 17.4 0
1999 825 49.4 16.7 1.7
2000 810 51.8 15.6 1.6
2001 797 52.2 15.3 0.9
2002 877 52.0 16.9 2.9
2003 877 52.0 16.9 2.9
2004 702 44.5 15.8 8.1
2005 670 39.8 16.8 10
2006 642 37.6 17.1 9.8
2007 663 34.0 19.5 13.3
2008 661 34.0 19.4 n/a
2009 677 37.0 18.3 22.1
2010 632 34.0 18.5 28.1
2011 599 28.1 21.3 32.1
2012 613 32.5 18.8 25.1
2013 581 27.5 21.1 26.7
2014 552 23.0 24.0 27.9
2015 590 n/a n/a 31.5
2016 574 22.0 26.0 29.6
2017 576 23.0 25.0 28.6
2018 575 23.0 25.0 27.1
2019 599 23.5 25.4 28.5
2020 648 24.8 26.0 30.2
2021 649 24.9 26.0 n/a
2022 664 25.5 26.0 n/a
2023 679 25.7 26.4 29.5
2024 685 26.0 26.3 44.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lakota Ridge Junior School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 734 42.3 17.4 0
1999 825 49.4 16.7 1.7
2000 810 51.8 15.6 1.6
2001 797 52.2 15.3 0.9
2002 877 52.0 16.9 2.9
2003 877 52.0 16.9 2.9
2004 702 44.5 15.8 8.1
2005 670 39.8 16.8 10
2006 642 37.6 17.1 9.8
2007 663 34.0 19.5 13.3
2008 661 34.0 19.4 n/a
2009 677 37.0 18.3 22.1
2010 632 34.0 18.5 28.1
2011 599 28.1 21.3 32.1
2012 613 32.5 18.8 25.1
2013 581 27.5 21.1 26.7
2014 552 23.0 24.0 27.9
2015 590 n/a n/a 31.5
2016 574 22.0 26.0 29.6
2017 576 23.0 25.0 28.6
2018 575 23.0 25.0 27.1
2019 599 23.5 25.4 28.5
2020 648 24.8 26.0 30.2
2021 649 24.9 26.0 n/a
2022 664 25.5 26.0 n/a
2023 679 25.7 26.4 29.5
2024 685 26.0 26.3 44.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lakota Ridge Junior School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $7,801
2022 $10,346
2023 $10,279
2024 $11,207

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lakota Ridge Junior School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 242nd of 1050 Middle schoolsRanks 355th of 1048 Middle schools
 10.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Ridge Junior School)70.554.7
 15.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Local)75.865.6
 10.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.547.6
 9.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Ridge Junior School)74.772.2
 2.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Local)80.677.6
 3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)67.764.8
 2.9%
8th Grade Science (Lakota Ridge Junior School)81.878.6
 3.2%
   8th Grade Science (Lakota Local)83.381.8
 1.5%
   8th Grade Science (Ohio)68.264
 4.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Ridge Junior School)69.643.6
 26%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Lakota Local)72.950.6
 22.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Ohio)57.346.4
 10.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Ridge Junior School)72.367.3
 5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Lakota Local)76.670.2
 6.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Ohio)58.357.5
 0.8%
End of Course Algebra I (Lakota Ridge Junior School)100100
   End of Course Algebra I (Lakota Local)76.365.8
 10.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students599679
 13.4%
African American117131
 12%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian3334
 3%
Hispanic53107
 101.9%
Pacific Islander01
White355365
 2.8%
Two or More Races3941
 5.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients28.5%29.5%
 0.9%


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Lakota Ridge Junior School ranks 361st of 1046 Ohio middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Lakota Ridge Junior School usually go on to attend Lakota West High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 685 students attended Lakota Ridge Junior School.

Students at Lakota Ridge Junior School are 47% White, 21% African American, 16% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 7% Asian.


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